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Kim Golombisky
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Chair, Associate Professor, & Undergraduate Studies Director
Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Office: CMC 202H
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Biography
At USF, she has served as department chair, graduate director, and interim undergraduate director in the Department of Women’s, Gender, & Sexualities Studies and as interim director in the Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications. She has chaired the USF Title IX Committee and the Women’s Caucus of the National Communication Association. She earned a Top Scholar Award from the Organization for Research on Women and Communication, and she has been visiting faculty on diversity at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Her consulting clients have included Walt Disney World Resorts, Progressive Insurance, and Publix Super Markets.
Her recent publications include:
Golombisky, K. (Ed.) (2019). Feminist perspectives on advertising. What’s the big
idea? Lanham, MD: Lexington/Rowman & Littlefield.
Golombisky, K., & Kreshel, P. (Eds.) (2017). Feminists, feminisms, and advertising.
Some restrictions apply. Lanham, MD: Lexington/Rowman & Littlefield.
Hagen, R., & Golombisky K. (2017, 3rd ed.). White space is not your enemy: A beginner’s
guide to communicating visually through graphic, web & multimedia design. New York:
CRC/Focal Press, Taylor and Francis Group.
Education
Ph.D., Communication, University of South Florida, Tampa, 2001
M.A., Mass Communications, University of South Florida, Tampa, 1995
B.A., Journalism, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1982